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July 5, 2026

Blueback herring cause anglers to change fishing tactics.

Rebound bass

By June, the best part of the bass-fishing year has faded into the rearview mirror. […]

Golden tilefish rigs consist of a 2-pound weight and a single, 12/0 to 18/0 circle hook.

Biggest recorded fish kill involved tiles

Golden tilefish suffered the largest-recorded Atlantic fish kill in March 1882, when billions were killed by an easterly shift of the Gulf Stream, chilling them in their habitat at the edge of the Continental Shelf where they had always been protected by warm Gulf waters. […]

Ryan McMurtury of Abbeville caught this nice Lake Russell spotted bass on a Fluke-type bait.

Dynamic duo

Glenn Corley

Ryan McMurtury of Abbeville knows as much about Lake Russell as almost anyone who pilots a bass boat these days. […]

Biologists and bass fishermen agree that the worst of Kerr Lake’s experience with the largemouth bass virus is over, and that the fishery is improving.

LMBV effects are dissipating

Craig Holt

Largemouth bass virus invaded Kerr Reservoir’s bass population in the past decade, but anglers didn’t notice a big decline in fish populations until 2009. […]

Tony Waterhouse (left) and Orlando Giles won the March 25 CATT event at High Rock Lake.

Williams whips field

Tony Garitta

Clayton “Mark” Williams of Taylorsville topped the 38-man field at the April 21 Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on High Rock Lake with a five-fish catch of 22.31 pounds that included a 6.86-pound bass, the big fish of the day. […]

Frog baits come in several styles, from hollow-body (top) to keel-design (foreground).

Frogs and toads

Glenn Corley

Even though Ryan McMurtury only uses a soft-plastic green frog on Lake Russell, he has boxes of different types of frogs in various colors that he uses in different situations. […]

The introduction and presence of blueback herring in Kerr Lake has led to changes in the way the largemouth bass population behaves.

Kerr Lake’s new ‘structure’

Craig Holt

During the glory days of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, Kerr Reservoir anglers knew spots that were the lake’s major bass magnets. […]

Cover: June 2012 (NC) – Bass

North Carolina Sportsman

The Outer Banks cobia run is in full swing this month, while bass are biting on High Rock and Buggs Island lakes. […]

Ryan McMurtury cut his teeth fishing on Lake Russell, where he learned techniques that helped him win the 2010 Bassmaster Weekend Series national championship.

Classic berth was ‘no fluke’ for McMurtury

Glenn Corley

Ryan McMurtury has been known as a great bass fisherman around Abbeville and the Lake Russell area for years, but it was not until 2010 that he got much outside recognition. […]

Sight fishing for cobia is best around any type of cover – tide lines, flotsam, even other marine life.

Cobia in the Crosshairs

Phillip Gentry

Riding high in the tower of his boat, Aaron Beatson of Carolina Sunrise Guide Service scans the waters off the coast of the Outer Banks for any sign of life, anything that might tip him off that one or more cobia were moving through the area. […]